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Risk factors for central venous catheter-related infections in surgical and intensive care units. The Central Venous Catheter-Related Infections Study Group. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
To identify avoidable risk factors for central venous catheter (CVC) infections in patients undergoing short-term ...
Cozzi Lepri, A, Moro, ML, ViganĂ², EF
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Suture-method versus Through-the-needle Catheters for Continuous Popliteal-sciatic Nerve Blocks: A Randomized Clinical Trial. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
BACKGROUND:The basic perineural catheter design has changed minimally since inception, with the catheter introduced through or over a straight needle. The U.S.
Abanobi, Maryann U   +11 more
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Resectoscope with an easy to use twist mechanism for improved handling

open access: yesCurrent Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 2016
One of the oldest methods used in minimally invasive surgeries is the transurethral resection. This is an operation technique in which diseased tissue from the bladder or the prostate is removed using a resectoscope through the urethra [Schostak M, Blana
Fritzsche Holger   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nursing care of 22 patients with complex intracranial aneurysms treated with flow-diverting stents: A retrospective study

open access: yesJournal of Interventional Medicine, 2019
Objective: To summarize the nursing treatment of patients who underwent implantation of a blood flow diverter to treat complex intracranial aneurysms. Methods: Data from 22 patients with complex aneurysms, diagnosed at an interventional center for blood ...
Wenli Zhao   +3 more
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Healing of femoral artery dissection after drug-coated balloon angioplasty: A case report with intravascular ultrasonography and angioscopy images

open access: yesSAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2019
Early 80s male with intermitted claudication underwent endovascular therapy for atherosclerotic stenosis at left external iliac artery and middle of superficial femoral artery.
Taketsugu Tsuchiya   +5 more
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Risk Factors for Nosocomial Infection in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit by the Japanese Nosocomial Infection Surveillance (JANIS) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
We evaluated the infection risks in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) using data of NICU infection surveillance data. The subjects were 871 NICU babies, consisting of 465 boys and 406 girls, who were cared for between June 2002 and January 2003 in ...
Babazono, Akira   +11 more
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Conceptual design of a personalized radiation therapy patch for skin cancer

open access: yesCurrent Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 2018
Radiation therapy is a valuable option for treatment of skin cancer. In order to deliver the radiation dose to the superficial skin tumor, an X-ray source, electron beam radiation therapy or a radioisotope is applied.
Pashazadeh Ali   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Potent spinal parenchymal AAV9-mediated gene delivery by subpial injection in adult rats and pigs. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Effective in vivo use of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based vectors to achieve gene-specific silencing or upregulation in the central nervous system has been limited by the inability to provide more than limited deep parenchymal expression in adult ...
Ahrens, Eric T   +14 more
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Catheters and Infections

open access: yes, 2011
Catheters are used for effective drainage of the bladder, either temporally or permanently, in the presence of physiological and anatomical defects or obstruction of the lower urinary tract. Catheters are used for a variety of reasons, as follows, to maintain bladder drainage during and following surgery or epidurals anesthesia for minimizing and ...
SIRACUSANO, SALVATORE   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

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